CATALOGUE

MIDDLE AGES

RENAISSANCE

BAROQUE

ROMANTICISM

INSTRUMENTS CURRENT AVAILABLE

8 - courses reinassance lute in G. Made by Knud Sindt in 2006.

7 - courses reinassance lute in G. Made by Francisco Hervás, Granada 1990.

French zither, XIX century

STRINGS & ACCESORIES

I can custom make any kind of personalice accessory for your instrument, I offer a calculation and sale of string sets for any stringed instrument, adjusting to specific needs of each customer. More info

RESTORATIONS

Here you can see some restorations I've done in some attractive instruments, both for its construction as its age or historical significance.
I also work usually in minor repairwork like soundboard and body cracks, nut fitting and setup, bridges, varnish restoring, bow rehairing, and many more. More info

COURSES & CONFERENCIES

I also like to leave the workshop from time to time ... On those occasions you may find me explaining a little what my profession consists of and some of those times maybe some musicians accompany me. I also teach construction courses for various instruments (read more)

VIDEOS

Do you want to know how they sound? We have prepared a small selection of videos showing some of the instruments that I have built for some of the most interesting of today. More info

ASIER DE BENITO, LUTHIER

My work as a luthier consists of organological research, the reproduction of historical string instruments and the restoration of original instruments. I build my instruments in a traditional way, following the traditional techniques and procedures in the art of artistic violería. I also research new models and designs thinking about the needs of the performer. (read more).

THE VIHUELA

The vihuela de mano is the most representative instrument of the Spanish Renaissance because it played during the XVI century a similar role than the lute elsewhere in Europe. Descendant of the medieval “viola de péñola" (played with a plectrum or pen) marked the origin of a family of instruments with certain common characteristics such as the eight-shaped body and the flat head stock... (read more)